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For the latest updates to Global Public Square, including show information and Fareed's Take, visit the new GPS site on CNN.com.
Dear CNN:
So thoughtful of you to allow one big baby in blue to rant on day after day with so many different names too.
Waaaaa! Waaaaaa!
You no cry pampalino. I feed you chorico sausage.
Blah blah blah. India and Modi and India.
Waaaaa! Waaaaaa!
Waaa, Blah, Hindoo boy, will you raipe tonight?
Yessuh, Yessuh three times full
First, my mother and then my sister
And also the little (girl/boy) who lives down the lane.
Blah, Waaa, hindoo boy, will you raipe tonight?
Yeshssuh, Yeshssuh, three times full
India is the well of global terror. The inspiration of all evil in that society emanates from hinddoou philosophy that is evil, medieval and dark vide Rig-Veda and Gita Bhagavad the SOPs of terrorism.
The hinddoous see humans, particulary the weak, as targets of subjugation and domination manifesting as oppression of minorities and raipes of women.
They no eat cows? Send them all to Mexico.
Yea. And .
Don't the Hindus get the message? Kashmiris don't wanna be under their subjugation. They have shunned India. Hold plebiscite and let the people decide. That is what we Americans are letting the Puerto Ricans decide. Now do it before India becomes an inferno
Choot 6:19. So?
India. India Waaaaa. Waaaaaa
I love beef tacos. My fav.
Tbone steaks my favorite.
And. Ummmm. So?
Waaaaa. India this. Blah blah blah
Waaaaaa. Blah blah blah
Pedro, I love fish tacos.
Forget the other minorities, hindus can't even tolerate people of their own religious beliefs. Aghoris, Dalits, Chamaars etc.
India is a living example for all the world that cult like madness will only take them to stone age and nowhere else
India is a legacy of Moghals. A heritage of Muslims. All good that is in India such as art, architecture, cuisine, education, science, culture is what the muslims established. India belongs to the Muslims, is of the Muslims, for the Muslims, by the Muslims. Rest can go to Rwanda.
Ok. And so?
Waaaa Waaaaa.
India. Waaaaa
The recent communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, India has once again brought home the danger of playing politics with religious beliefs. In the past eight years, there have been nearly 11.000 thousand communal incidents across the country in India. While the casualties are countable ...... 130,965 dead and over 118,000 injured – the toll on India's economic and social fabric is beyond any metric.
News flash. So?
It is important to remind ourselves, that despite decades of suffering and suppression by India, the people of Jammu and Kashmir have not given up their hope or struggle. The draconian laws put in place by the Indian government have not been able to extinguish the flame of self-determination in the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Waaaaaa! ! Waaaaaa! .
India is so bad. Waaaaaa!
India. Blah blah blah.
India. Waaaaaa! Waaaaaa!
India & Modi Waaaaaa! Waaaaaa!
Suffice to say that plebiscite must and should be held in Indian Occupied Kashmir in accordance with the mandate of UN. Nothing more nothing less.
This is a matter of principles.
The concept is no different than what we Americans are doing in Puerto Rico. Let the people decide their fate. This is what democracy is all about.
Unlike what hindoos did in Indian Occupied Kashmir, we Americans didn't send in the Army to Puerto Rico to occupy it and raype the people.
Plebiscite! I want a plebiscite!
Waaaaaa! Waaaaaa!
Therefore, the only Technology Transfer that India needs is how to hold plebiscite in Indian Occupied Kashmir. It took Putin of Russia a week to hold plebiscite in Crimea. India has not been able to accomplish this in 70 years. YES, 70 YEARS !! RUB YOUR EYES !!!
So India should import this technology from Russia. UN will pay for it.
70 years! Waaaaaa!
Hinddoous have corrupted one of the most enjoyable sports ... of cricket. Destroyed it. Everything they touch turns into dust. Spot fixing/ Match fixing is rampant. Bookies control the sports in India. Just recently many hinddoou cricketers in India were tagged for playing dirty. Many more remain active fixing matches.
Hindoos Waaaaaa! Waaaaaa! Waaaaaa!
I have reached the conclusion that we must apply the "Minimalist Approach" to solve India's malaise and problems. Essentially that entails imploding India into more economically, politically and socially viable states that are independent.
Kashmir belongs to us!
Waaaaaa! Waaaaaa!
If you look at the knees of India's hinddoous you will notice scabs. Due to constant bending down! Why? Because look at their 2% GDP. Half of that is due to American aid. Source: OECD: Call centers, H1B visas, food donations, technological aid for energy needs, military aid, low or no interest loans ... Highest of any country, outright financial aid, PR aid, job creation aid....... AID AID AID and more AID.
@Coomin. So ?
The only growth left in India is the hair between the legs. Value of rupee has tanked, inflation is in the clouds, stock market has crashed, corruption is rampant, hospitals are burning, people are dying in scores, societal values have rotted, Microsoft and GE are pulling the plug on call centers...Dell and Delta Airlines have almost packed up and shifted the call centers to Canada. Pakistan has opened up Wagah Border to provide food aid for India.
Waaaaaa! Waaaaaa! . India India India!
Modi and India Waaaaaa! Waaaaaa!
India Waaaaa!
Modi Waaaaaa!
Waaaaa! Hindoos Waaaaaa!
I am mad at Hindoos Waaaaaa!
Waaa waaa. India waaaaaaa!
No toilets in India. Waaaaa ! Waaaaaa!
..Blah blah blah blah
And India blah blah blah blah blah.
India is blah blah blah blah blah
Blah blah blah.
I want a Plebiscite! And I want it now! Waaaaaaa! Waaaaaa!
Waaaaaa! Waaaaaa! I am going to tell my mommie!
The Indian Debacle has overshadowed the European crisis. GDP that has dropped off the cliff (-2% est), budget deficits, collapse of Indian rupiah, rampant poverty, unemployment, FDI reversal, companies leaving town are some of the disastrous events that are threatening the Indian state.
The downward spiralling is so severe that the Indian government has been ulable to control it. Even the Americans have been unable to help and several trips by the treasury secretary were not helpful.
Debacle Waaaaa!


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Back in 2010, a memo leaked from Fox News in which its managing editor informed his staff that they couldn't even report on basic temperature measurements without noting they were subject to controversy in some quarters, even if those quarters are out past the fringes of the scientific community. That directive is apparently still in force. Just days after NOAA released its reading of last year's US temperatures, Fox responded with a report in which it questions whether NOAA is producing accurate temperature readings.
The report is a classic example of what's been termed "false balance." It presents experts with relevant experience and the official word from NOAA, but it simultaneously surrounds them with quotes from several people who aren't scientists—as well as one scientist who is a notable contrarian about other fields of science. In many ways, the self-labelled skeptics contradict each other in their haste to condemn NOAA. But the Fox article doesn't point any of this out, and it actually ends with a veiled hint that we might consider throwing NOAA scientists in jail for their "manipulations of data."
At issue are the historic US temperature records. These are generated from stations maintained by the US government. Over the course of 100-plus years, many of these stations have been moved to new locations or had their equipment replaced. These events create a break in the record. To generate its historical analysis, NOAA has to identify the breaks and perform an analysis that matches up the two end-points, creating a single, continuous record.
Apparently it does a good job. When the Berkeley Earth project examined temperature records, they used a statistical method that didn't repair the breaks. Instead, they treated the two sides of the break as independent temperature records. Yet that team came up with a temperature reconstruction that was nearly identical to ones made using NOAA's data. Since that time, NOAA has gone back and updated their records further, identifying additional breaks that had gone undetected and updating its algorithms to take advantage of advances in computing power. If anything, its current data is even more reliable.
And that's exactly what a NOAA spokesperson told Fox News. Yet the Fox News team felt compelled to go out and find three people who don't believe him or the scientists he represents.
One is a blogger who writes under the name Steve Goddard, who told Fox, "The adjusted data is meaningless garbage. It bears no resemblance to the thermometer data it starts out as." But Goddard doesn't explain why he thinks that's the case, nor why Berkeley Earth came up with similar results when they weren't using some of NOAA's adjustments. And Fox doesn't explain why they're putting NOAA's word up against someone who doesn't study the climate and has only bachelor's degrees in science and engineering. A cursory examination would have also revealed that Goddard has attacked climate researchers before, only to find out his criticisms were completely wrong and based on a trivial error.
The report does include one scientist with some relevant experience, Roy Spencer. But again, Fox does not appear to have done any checking of Spencer's background. Spencer has been known to let his personal views cloud his scientific judgement, as evidenced by his wholehearted support of intelligent design and disbelief of evolution. In the case of environmental issues, he's made his personal views very clear, stating, "I would wager that my job has helped save our economy from the economic ravages of out-of-control environmental extremism." A lot of his climate research isn't well respected by the community, either.
But Spencer is brought out anyway and given a chance to blast NOAA for its adjustments. At least he voiced a specific complaint, saying that urbanization has thrown off the temperature records. Unfortunately, that claim isn't consistent with the available data. People have tracked the impact of urbanization both globally and in the US and found that it doesn't influence the temperature record. The Berkeley Earth project, linked above, also found no influence of urbanization. Yet Spencer is allowed to point the finger at it unchallenged.
The final critic trotted out is meteorologist Anthony Watts, who runs a prominent skeptic site that is notable for its generally flawed approach to science. Nevertheless, Watts himself was involved with some research that showed that the US' historic temperature record hasn't been unduly influenced by urbanization; ironically, his own stab at science is being dismissed here by Spencer.
And Watts returns the favor. Spencer recognized that some form of adjustment was necessary, but Watts slams any such effort as reinventing history: "Is history malleable? Can temperature data of the past be molded to fit a purpose? It certainly seems to be the case here." His evidence that this is the case? If he provided any to Fox, it wasn't relayed in the article.
What are we to make of this chaotic jumble of unreliable sources and internal contradictions? As far as Fox is concerned, apparently nothing; the article doesn't draw any conclusion about the science whatsoever. It's a classic example of false balance, allowing the reporter to present a biased picture while maintaining the appearance of impartiality. But the reporter does let Watts show his biases when he's given the last word, and he uses it to insinuate that NOAA's scientists should probably be in prison, saying, "In the business and trading world, people go to jail for such manipulations of data."

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She's the New Head of the Family
MAFIA MAMMA stars Toni Collette as a suburban mom who visits Rome for her estranged grandfather's funeral only to find that she's now in charge of his criminal empire. See this comedy starting 4/13.
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Region, Nation, "Heartland": Uttar Pradesh in India's Body Politic
SAGE Publications, 07/09/2006 - 504 من الصفحات
This book traces the importance of Uttar Pradesh (UP) as a political "heartland" of India over the last century and highlights its influence on Indian politics. In unraveling this constructed identity of the state, this book analyzes the transformation that UP experienced as a "region" within India in the late colonial and post-colonial periods. The author discusses the construction of the state under three identity categories: colonial heartland; nationalist heartland; and post-colonial heartland. The conclusions drawn from this study serve to evaluate the extent to which the framework and construct of the "heartland" has worked for the well-being of the state and society in contemporary India.
من داخل الكتاب
صفحة واحدة تتطابق مع "A Life of Our Times" في هذا الكتاب
الصفحة 443
ما يقوله الناس - كتابة مراجعة
لم نعثر على أي مراجعات في الأماكن المعتادة.
The Framework of Pax Britannica in Uttar Pradesh
The Institutions of the Colonial Heartland
حقوق النشر
10 من الأقسام الأخرى غير ظاهرة
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
action activities Administration Agra Allahabad areas army arrested Assembly authority British campaign cent challenge changes chief cities Civil Civil Disobedience collective colonial Committee communal Congress Congressmen considerable context continued crime criminal cultural deal Delhi demand district early effect effort enforcement force functions further Gandhi Haig Haig Papers Hallett heartland Hindi Hindu important increase India instance institutions internal security issue Kanpur land landlords language late leaders League Legislative Linlithgow Lucknow maintain March meeting military minister ministry move movement Muslim nationalist nature Note observed offences officials organized Pant party persons police political position prevent prisoners procession proposal province public order region relating release rent Report riots rule secretary serious situation took towns troops United Provinces UP's Uttar Pradesh village volunteers


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My Activities for Open Access Week 2011
Posted by Brian Kelly on 24 Oct 2011
Open Access Week 2011: #OAWeek
Today marks the launch of Open Access Week. This is a global event, now in its 5th year, which promotes Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research. As described in last year's summary about the event:
"Open Access" to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole.
This year's summary of the campaign encourages people to become actively involved with the campaign:
Every year, research funders, academic institutions, libraries research organizations, non-profits, businesses, and others use Open Access Week as a valuable platform to convene community events as well as to announce significant action on Open Access. The Week has served as a launching pad for new open-access publication funds, open-access policies, and papers reporting on the societal and economic benefits of OA.
I agree that it is important to become actively involved in open access activities – being a passive supporter can mean that one is consuming open resources provided by others, rather than actively engaging in the transformation of the research culture which the campaign is seeking to do. I'm looking forward to seeing the #OAWeek tweets (which is archived on TwapperKeeper) in which people will be describing what they are doing. In this post I'll describe how I have engaged in open access in the past and how I am supporting the Open Access Week 2012 campaign, beyond registering on the Open Access Web site.
Getting Involved
Back in 2005 in a paper entitled "Let's Free IT Support Materials! " I argued that support service departments, which should include libraries as well as IT Service departments, should be taking a lead in embracing openness by making training materials, slides and documentation available with a Creative Commons licence.
For several years I have been making my slides available under a Creative Commons licence. As an example on Thursday I will be giving a talk entitled "What's On the Technology Horizon?" at the ILI 2011 conference. The talk will describe work commissioned by the JISC Observatory (which is being provided by UKOLN and CETIS) which has identified technological developments which are expected to have an impact on the higher education sector over the next four years or so. It is pleasing that open content has been listed as a development which is expected to have a significant impact across the sector with a time-to-adoption horizon or one year of less. It is clearly appropriate that my slides for the talk are provided with a Creative Commons licence:
It should also be noted that permission will be granted for live-blogging and live streaming of the talk, with permission being clarified on the second slide of the presentation, as illustrated.
The licence to share live presentations is one aspect of UKOLN's long-standing involvement in organising and participating in amplified events and in advising others of best practices in the provision of such events. We are currently developing guidelines for amplified events as part of our involvement in the JISC-funded Greening Events II project.
In addition to describing possible environmental benefits which can be gained by enabling a remote audience to participate in events, we will also describe additional benefits which can be gained by adopting a more open approach to events as described by my c0lleague Marieke Guy in a post on Openness and Event Amplification.
However so far I have summarised ways in which myself and colleagues at UKOLN have supported differing aspects of open access in the past. I feel there is a need at the start of Open Access Week 2011 to outline new and additional ways in which the benefits of open access can be further enhanced.
A change to the licence conditions for posts on this blog was announced on 12 January 2011 when I described how Non-Commercial Use Restriction Removed From This Blog. This post described how
The BY-NC-SA licence was chosen [in 2005] as it seemed at the time to provide a safe option, allowing the resources to be reused by others in the sector whilst retaining the right to commercially exploit the resources. In reality, however, the resources haven't been exploited commercially and increasingly the sector is becoming aware of the difficulties in licensing resources which excludes commercial use, as described by Peter Murray-Rust in a recent post on "Why I and you should avoid NC licence".
I have therefore decided that from 1 January 2011 posts and comments published on this blog will be licenced with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (CC BY-SA).
However the share-alike clause can also provide difficulties in allowing others to reuse the content. Although I would encourage others to adopt a similar Creative Commons licence I realise that this may not also be achievable. So rather than requiring this as part of the licence, I will now simply encourage others who use posts published on this blog to make derived works available under a Creative Commons licence and limit the licence conditions to a CC-BY licence which states that:
You are free:
- to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
- to make derivative works
- to make commercial use of the work
Under the following conditions:
- Attribution — You must give the original author credit.
In addition to using this licence for blog posts from 24 October 2011 I also intend to use this licence for presentations I will give in the future – and, as can be seen from the above image, the licence has been applied to the resources I will give in my talk at the ILI 2011 conference later this week.
That's how I'm involved with Open Access 2011 week. What are you doing?
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Today's News: Our Take - Kim Kardashian Pregnant with Kanye West's Baby
The Kardashians will soon have one more family member to keep up with. Kim Kardashian is three months pregnant with boyfriend Kanye West's baby, Us Weekly reports.
The rapper reportedly spilled the beans during a concert in Atlantic City, N.J. Sunday night, whenhe paused during his set to ask the crowd to "stop the music and make noise for my baby mama," referring to Kardashian, who was in the audience.
Check out photos of Kim and Kanye together
On Monday, Kim posted a note titled "New Year, New Beginnings" on her website confirming the news. "It's true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby," she wrote. We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us. Looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family. Happy New Year!!! Xo"
From a 72-day marriage to motherhood: See Kardashian's timeline of men
The couple was first publicly linked this past spring, though Kardashian is still legally married to NBA player Kris Humphries. She filed for divorce from him in late 2011. Humphries is expecting his own child, with ex-girlfriend Myla Sinana.
Photos: Everybody's posing nude! Check out Rihanna and other stars who've bared all
The Kardashian family seems overjoyed at the news. Kim's sister, X Factor host Khloe Kardahian Odom, tweeted: "KIMYE!" followed by, "Keeping secrets is hard with so many family members! Especially when you are so freaking excited! Love is everything!"
And their other sister, Kourtney, tweeted: "Been wanting to shout from the rooftops with joy and now I can! Another angel to welcome to our family."
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Power plant imploded to make way for park
Power plant imploded in San Diego after 50 years of service. The power plant, imploded Saturday with dynamite, is to give way to a city park and other economic development.
| CHULA VISTA, Calif.
In a matter of minutes, a hulking power plant that loomed over San Diego Bay since the late 1950s was demolished Saturday, to make way for a city park.
The implosion — which had been months in the planning — turned the mighty structure into a heap of concrete and twisted steel.
Kayakers and other onlookers positioned themselves as early as 4 a.m. to watch the implosion of the 165-foot South Bay Power Plant and say goodbye to a bit of local history
The plant collapsed just after 7 a.m. after 200 pounds of charges ignited 300 pounds of dynamite strategically embedded in steel beams, UT San Diego reported (http://bit.ly/14GmMzc ). Ignition flashes could be seen in the seconds before the main towers toppled, seemingly in slow motion, sending up an enormous plume of dust.
A crowd of hundreds, including city officials and former plant workers clutching cameras, cheered from nearby Marina View Park.
Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox told the newspaper the removal of the structure symbolizes a "dramatic and significant example of the progress being made by the city and the port on their plans for the waterfront."
Tanya M. Castaneda of the Port of San Diego, which owns the plant, said the $40 million demolition will dramatically open up bay views and make way for plans for a public park and economic development.
The plant was decommissioned in 2010. The implosion, originally slated for October, was delayed several times until it was finally scheduled for Feb. 2.
In the decades since San Diego Gas & Electric constructed the plant, it changed hands four times and went from burning fuel oil to natural gas, according to UT San Diego. At full capacity, at one time it could generate 700 megawatts — enough to power a half-million homes in Southern California.


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Victim uses Facebook to track down robbers
2 men face charges of robbery with firearm
Sam Drummond had just been robbed and he said he was determined to find the guys who did it.
Drummond said he lost his iPhone and $2,000 in cash during a robbery Sept. 8.
Drummond, owner of Palm-Tech, a Lantana company that buys and sells used phones, said a previous customer had called saying he had another phone to sell but he had no way to get to the store. He asked if someone could come to him.
"My brother was supposed to go pick it up at the time," said Drummond. "But I decided since I was going that way to eat anyway, I decided to go pick it up."
When Drummond arrived at the address he'd been given, the customer climbed into the front seat. Then, the back door opened and another man got in the car. He pointed a gun at Drummond's head. Drummond thought he was going to die.
The robbers took the cash and the phone and ran off, Drummond said.
Drummond said he returned to his store and started to think of ways to track down the criminals. He went to Facebook and tried plugging in the name of the customer, but got nowhere. Then he plugged in the customer's phone number and hit the jackpot.
Drummond said he found the profile picture of the customer who had just robbed him, and in some pictures, that customer was holding a wad of cash. A friend had even commented, "crime pays."
Drummond went through the customer's Facebook page and was able to find a page for the other robber, the man who had held a gun to his head.
Drummond took his information to authorities, who arrested Jonathan Coleman and Billy Jean Jacques, both of Lake Worth.
Authorities said the two men were taken to the Palm Beach County Jail, where they face charges of robbery with a firearm.
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Hello all! Brr it's cold outside, so I decided it was time to cosy on up to one of my favourite historical reads. I can't tell you how many times I've reread this book (most recently at the end of last year) and yet I still get the urge to revisit it again and again! That's why I found it super easy to come up with this list of reasons to pick this beautiful story up:
The setting is gorgeous. Opening in a pre-Revolution Russia and moving across the sea to the English countryside, the book maintains a mythic quality and a superbly atmospheric vision throughout. Stunningly described from the first sentence to the last, I could happily recommend this for that reason alone.
Anna, the main character, is a true heroine. Self-sacrificing and, despite the title, unable to hide her noble nature, what makes her incredible is not her background, but what she does in the face of hardship. Her role in the story teaches many valuable lessons- to never give up hope, to accept responsibility and, above all, to be kind.
While we're on the topic, this book boasts many other amazing female characters, all reflected in a historically accurate way. One of my favourites being Minna- the stepmother who lays to rest "all the wicked stepmothers since time began"
At the same time, this book manages to have some proper villains. Recently, a friend pointed out to me that a sitcom I-don't-want-to-spoil-by-naming gave away the villain by having them kick a dog into the sun (ok big spoiler there)- well this has a dog-kicking villain. In fact, this villain is pretty much reprehensible in every way- we learn from their introduction that they are a literal eugenicist. I'm a massive fan of baddies actually being bad and this definitely achieves that. What's also great is that the dastardly ways of said character are revealed slowly to everyone else in the story (giving the book real tension and a plot).
This is just one of the ways that Eva Ibbotson is frankly a genius writer. As well as creating an exciting cast of characters, she also presents brilliant levels of contrast, to really tug at those heartstrings. One of the things Ibbotson does especially well is building up a character's hopes at the beginning of a scene or chapter, only to bring them crashing down. And, as if in a perfect mirror image, the happiest moments start so sadly, only to flip everything you were feeling on its head.
Also, the romance is gorgeous. I personally hold the view that one does not know a real love story until they have tried Eva Ibbotson. And this just so happens to be one of her best romances.
I feel like I could go on forever extolling this book's virtues, but sometimes bananas speak louder than words:
5/5 bananas
If you haven't checked it out, go read it! And if you have, feel free to gush with me in the comments! 😉


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Last Thursday, I got a call from a fellow blogger, Valerie Bailey, who was doing research on a Ted Yates, a black newspaper columnist whose career overlapped with my dad's. I told Bailey, whose fascinating video blog is febone1960.net, that the name was familiar, and that I would get back to her if I found anything.
Then, while looking for a column to feature this week, I came across one my father published on April 14, 1934 titled "If I were Mayor of Harlem." It is one of several "If I were . . . " pieces Ebenezer wrote, including "If I were editor " and "If I were the Hitler of Harlem." (I'm not quite ready to delve into that one.)
Under the headline of the mayoral column was a note: "With apologies to W.W." Could that be Walter White, then head of the NAACP? Not sure. What I did find was a note in another of my father's columns that referred to Ted Yates. That column was likely what led Bailey to me.
In the April 14, 1934 column, my father rails against "soap box orators," those who used the street corners of Harlem as their bully pulpits. My father, staunch defender of the King's English that he was, seemed less offended by their opinions and more put off by their imperfect grammar.
"Those allowed on Lenox Avenue would have to pass a grammatical test by answering three questions on the principles of correct speaking. One of these questions would be: Why should IS not be used for ARE, not ARE for IS? Most of them, having apparently paid little attention to such principles, their elimination would be easy."
Ebenezer also pledged to deal with teenagers who frequented movie theaters on school nights and who "interrupt older patrons with their premature bits of sophistication" and parents who kept their little ones out past their bedtimes.
"I would give power to police officers to issue summonses to parents and guardians seen hauling tired looking little children behind them from theatres between 10 p.m. and midnight. In court they would be fined. Later than midnight they would be put in a cell without a bed so they could realize what it is to be sleepy and not be able to lie down. "
Further, he would call a press conference for the black press, with editors from the rival New York Age and the Amsterdam News sitting front and center. "Then I would advise them to bury the hatchet."
Back to Ted Yates: In a column published a month later, there is a note under the subhead "Petty Larceny." It read, "Ted Yates column: If I Were Mayor of Harlem in the Afro-Amer. After all, Ted, there is still something you can glean from an ancient rag."
I guess Yates, who wrote for the Age and a number of other black papers, borrowed that line for one of his own columns published in the Afro-American, which was based in Baltimore, but had a national edition. I've done a bit of searching in the Afro-American's archives, but haven't turned up the Yates' column in question yet.
Perhaps my dad should have taken his own advice about burying the hatchet.
Click "continue reading" for the full column: BTW: Tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was nicknamed "The Mayor o Harlem."
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What to do when teen is ready to drive?
People! The ones you love are also the ones who can drive you ca-razy. Because you are so close to them, it's hard to remove emotion and act rationally. Rockford Woman turns to three women who can help.
Your teen
Wheelin' and dealin'
Scenario: Your teenager passes driver's ed and is halfway through his 50 hours of required supervised driving. He's a careful and courteous driver, but your schedules prevent much practice time. He wants to get his license now — most of his friends' parents signed off early, he says. What would Rockford Woman do?
Solution: "This mom won't unless we have 50 hours," says Sarah Ivey, instructor-in-training at Drive Right School and mother of four sons, ages 18, 16, 14 and 12. "Kids are so persuasive. They think they know, but they don't."
Her 16-year-old is a good driver and it is close to his birthday, but she won't budge.
"I try to carve out a little extra time on the weekends so we have at least three hours of driving time a week. Maybe I go overboard with scruples, but I think it's important."
Your in-laws
There's no escape
Scenario: Your mother-in-law invites you and your husband for a weekend at her Wisconsin cabin. You end up doing most of the cooking and cleaning while your husband and his family enjoy the lake. A month later, you're invited again. While you don't want to rock your husband's boat, neither do you want to spend another weekend like Cinderella.
Solution: "She needs to get into a problem-solving dialogue with him," says Lu Jenkins, a licensed clinical social worker.
She advises:
— Don't be afraid to tell him. Otherwise, the resentment will fester. "He's probably not even aware. He's not a mind reader."
— Plan to talk in a way that doesn't make him defensive. Pick a time when he's relaxed and receptive. Use words that generate dialogue. And focus on your feelings, not what he did or didn't do.
"Say something like, 'I felt like I did all this work and didn't have much fun.'"
— Make a request with at least one solution. For example, if you return, perhaps you can share chores or plan a relaxing activity.
— Work on the answer together.
To read more about how to develop "we-ness," go to rockfordwoman.com.
Your friend
When you're the boss
Scenario: After a recent promotion, you find yourself supervising one of your close friends. At first she congratulates you but later seems to resent your authority. In front of other staffers, she tells you — albeit jokingly — that "all this power is going to your head." You value her friendship but worry that other workers will share her attitude. What would Rockford Woman do?
Solution: "Tell your friend that your new responsibilities may require some changes in your relationship," advises Teresa Pesina, general manager of Staffing Services Inc. "Discussing the problem openly can be crucial to preserving the friendship."
The two of you can set guidelines on how to handle at-work issues. Just acknowledging the difficulties can be a good start.
But if she still won't give you a break?
"True friends won't want you to compromise your professional responsibilities. They'll want you to succeed."
If she can't or won't accept your new role and continues to be disruptive, you have little choice: "Reassign or fire the employee. Find someone else who will make positive contributions to your group."


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Sony Ericsson announced on Thursday that Sony will buy out the remainder of Sony Ericsson for $1.475 billion. Making Sony Ericsson a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony will allow for better product integration across Sony's slate of offerings, and will also bolster its patent holdings with ownership of "five essential patent families," says Ericsson.
Sony Ericsson was formed in 2001 when Sony and Ericsson merged their "unprofitable" handset businesses so that they could make feature phones that were more attractive to consumers. The companies cite the Walkman phone and Cyber-shot phone as "well known examples" of their partnership.
While Sony Ericsson had some success in that area, it has adapted less well to the smartphone market. The company's market share in smartphones rose from 3 to 5 percent since 2010, but the two companies have remained tight-lipped on the performance of its Xperia smartphone line (Sony Ericsson would only say the Android-based Xperia Play was "meeting expectations").
With Sony Ericsson as a wholly owned subsidiary, Sony will be able to offer consumers "smartphones, laptops, tablets, and televisions that seamlessly connect with one another" to access content, according to a statement issued by Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer. PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network will figure here, Stringer says. Stringer also notes that the buyout will give Sony ownership of "strategic" IP relating to wireless handset technology.
The decision-making bodies of both companies have approved the transaction, which is set to close in January 2012.


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Today's News: Our Take - Holly Madison Hospitalized for Morning Sickness
TV Guide
Former Girls Next Door star Holly Madison has been hospitalized for complications resulting from morning sickness.
"Almost seven months and morning sickness took hold! Glad to be otherwise OK, though," Madison wrote on Instagram, along with a photo of her and an IV. "Thank you for all the get well wishes! Keeping me entertained -- forgot to bring a book with me."
See other celebs who are pregnant
Madison, 32, is expecting her first child with her boyfriend of almost two years, party promoter Pasquale Rotella.
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defense molecules in mouth found to inhibit infections from HIV
A professor from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine has discovered defense molecules found in the mouth inhibit infections from HIV.
Now he and a team of 22 researchers will determine why HIV-infected humans receiving the class of drugs referred to as highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) have increased incidence of oral complications—such as a quadrupled rate of contracting human papillomavirus (HPV).
HPV, which can lead to cancer and increased infections, is more frequently associated with the genital tract and is now being seen in the mouth.
Aaron Weinberg, professor and chair of the department of biological sciences at the Case Western Reserve dental school, has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research to unravel changes in the innate immune systems of HIV-infected people on antiretroviral therapies.
"What is resolving one problem is setting off another," says Weinberg. "However, outcomes of our studies should help us better understand how the lining of our mouth and other parts of our body, like the skin, protect us from microbes that make us sick—and why some people are better protected than others."
The new study builds on seven years of previous research in which Weinberg and his colleagues discovered that human beta defensins (hBDs), frontline innate defense molecules found in epithelial cell linings in the mouth, inhibit infections from HIV.
"Discovering how this pathology occurs in the mouth, may offer the potential for understanding how similar complications arise in other body sites," Weinberg said.
Through the four research projects funded by the grant, researchers will examine innate defense molecules in the skin and urogenital track as well as the mouth.
"New evidence surfaces repeatedly that oral health plays an important and integral role in general health," says Jerold Goldberg, dean of the Case Western Reserve School of Dental Medicine. "The award from the NIH demonstrates the importance of working across disciplines and professions to answer complex questions."
In two projects, researchers will design, produce and share altered forms of beta defensins to study molecular interactions between the defensins and key receptors on human cells previously identified as important for bolstering innate defenses.
In the third and fourth projects, researchers will identify altered proteins in human epithelial cells from HIV-infected individuals on HAART, compare tissue samples from warts associated with HIV-positive (on HAART) and normal individuals and find genetic differences between subjects.
Along with Weinberg, project leaders will be the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine's Scott Sieg, department of medicine, and Tom McCormick, department of dermatology, and the School of Dental Medicine's Richard Jurevic, department of biological sciences.
The team also is working with Mark Chance, professor and director of the Case Western Reserve Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, and Santosh Ghosh, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of biological sciences at the dental school.
Provided by Case Western Reserve University (news : web)


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In 2001 Toyota completely redesigned the popular SUV. While some enjoyed the new look, they did not enjoy the harsh shifting, jumping from gear-to-gear and eventual transmission failure that cost owners well over $3,000 to fix. The problem stems from a malfunctioning Electronic Control Module (ECM).
Consumer outrage coupled with pressure from different agencies led Toyota to extend the warranty nationwide back in 2010. The previous power train warranty only covered 5 years/60,000 miles, while the extended warranty now covers the transmission and ECM for 10 years/150,000 miles. Toyota also pledged to reimburse any owners who had previously paid for repairs, if they had "proper proof". Good luck collecting on that one.
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More copyright info added.
more copyright statements added
Prepended all paso source files with new Copyright notice
Copyright information added.
Copyright information added.
Copyright information added.
Copyright information inserted
some updates and linearPDE.tex switched off
bugs in test fixed
problem with tagged data isolated
non letter and non digital in hostname ar ereplaced by _ now
mmio moced to paso
More copyright.
Copyright added to more source files.
More copyright information.
Corrected spelling of 'license' in url so that the link actually points to the license.
More copyright information inserted.
strange problem with import numarray.linear_algebra fixed
typo fixed
some missing files
Updated copyright and licence notices.
moved "import numarray.linear_algebra" to function that uses it, in case it is not installed
documentation on pyvisi added
pyvisi with vtk runs noe on the altix
example cleanup
pyvisi compiles now
more work on pyvisi integration
directories are moved around to match escript convention
some renaming
update on escript function
edable versions
some work on AdvectivePDE for the scalar case
test_utilOnFinley fixed (did run the tests that still fail)
print message removed
updates on escript documentation (unfinished)
Adding some figure for online documentation (3D Wave Propagation).
papi switched off on altix
all tests activated
my little test generator
1D and 3D tests for eigenvalues_and_eigenvector added.
eigenvalues_and_eigenvector fucntion added. test for 2D problem is added and is passed.
corrected error in natural b.c.
problem with eigenvalue of zero matrix fixed (thanks Dr Hale)
eigenvalues: compiles and passes tests on altix now
_eigenvalues_and_eigenvector method added of data object. the algorithm has been tested on floats in python but not on data objects.
Changed example script for wave.py to a point source wave propagation problem in 3D.
changes to section 2.3 on 3D wave propagation in online reference guide and added some figures
faster version of the local eigenvalue calculation
new section on lame equation completed
new section in the tutorial
installation of new inc file
some steps towards eigenvalue and eigenvector calculation
I have changed some of the documentation and added more explanations for the online reference guide for esys13. I have modified two of the example source codes to write out the results for Helmholtz problem and changed one variable name in the diffusion.py code to avoid confusion.
some modifications on eigenvalues to make it a bit more robust.
I have made a few changes to the documentation for the online reference guide for the Poisson and diffusion examples.
some fixes to get Latex compiled
modify whereZero etc methods to also accept a tolerance parameter
extend these tests to test DataTagged objecrs also
modified presentation of LinearPDE
updates examples
some updates
extend testing to include DataTagged objects with no tags, only default values
extend operator tests to include DataTagged and DataExpanded
further fix for DataTAgged::dp_algorithm, was not working for DataTagged objects with 0 tags
minor reformatting
reinstate testing of DataTagged object unary ops
reimplement dp_algorithm for DataTagged, existing implementation was complete rubbish (ich bin so beschämt!)
switch back to test on no tagged data
add test case for case where binaryOp combines a DataTagged and a scalar
reinstate testing using DataTagged objects
fixed binaryOp for combination of DataTagged and scalar values. calculation of default value where RHS was a scalar was not yet implemented
tests for tagged data fixed. test failing on maxval with segmenation fault (peinlich, peinlich)
tests for tagged data
and more work on saving the element jacobians (please don;t look at the code)
Scons build options for cognac.ivec.org using intel v9.0.026 compilers Note: Boost is currently not available as a module on cognac. As a result the boost directories used in this build point to my specific boost installation which should be visible to all ivec users. This will get fixed eventually.
more tests on slicing
extend testing of DataTagged setSlice to include case where source and target have mismatched tag sets
modify tests for binary operations and setSlice to ensure situations where two DataTaggeds with mismatched tag sets are tested correctly
solution and reduced solution can have reference numbers now!
reinstate testing of DataTagged objects
reinstate testing using DataTagged values
minor comment fixes
fix BinaryOp for DataTagged values - existing implementation was adding tags from RHS to LHS using RHS's default value - should have been using LHS's default value! fixed now
reinstate sliceSetting testing of DataTagged
ensure src and dest objects have matching tag sets in setSlice by adding tags present in src but not in dest to dest using dest's default value before doing actual slicing
reinstate sliceGetting testing for DataTagged objects
add a test case for tag() method
minor formatting changes
refine/extend tests for slicing, particularly those for DataTagged
symmetric and nonsymmetric part functions added
minor comment changes
finish testing of DataTagged::setSlice
testing setSlice with rank1 and rank 3 values and multiple tags
first steps towards the reuse of the element jacobians
a new version of lumping implemented (does not need a stiffness matrix)
eigenvalues is working now
small bugs in eigenvalues function fixed. 3x3 on data still given wrong results
local eigenvalues added (not tested yet)
extend setSlice testing to include DataTagged with default values
pdetools test added
rob's strange NoPDE class added
more testing of setSlice
symbol tests removed
now done by test_utilOnBruce.py
now done test_utilOnFinley.py
fix comments for setSlice - were totally misleading!
add some basic testing for DataTagged::setSlice
tests for __getitem__ added
comprehensive testing of DataTagged::getSlice completed
split slicing testing into getSlice and setSlice tests add testing for DataTagged objects with one tagged value
add testing of slicing methods
comment and formatting changes
bug in parallelization fixed
extend basic testing of Data objects containing DataTagged objects
add tests for getSampleData
minor comment changes
comprehensive testing of reshapeDataPoint method
minor comment changes
extend testing for binary and unary operations and add comprehensive testing for method getSampleDataByTag
bandwidth optimizer but it does not really work.
initial testing of operations involving DataTagged objects
add test for copy constructors
add test for setTaggedValue
add extensive testing of addTaggedValue
fix a reference indicator
add comprehensive testing for DataTagged with (1) default value only, (2) one tag value and (3) three tag values
can now specify target "build_docs" in order to build epydoc and doxygen documentation
extend testing of default DataTagged object
minor fix to DataTagged::getTagNumber changes to comments and formatting inline two methods
performance monitoring added. complies without PAPI.
draft for performance monitor tool in paso (well, not really)
transpose added (just for me)
transpose function added
small bug fixed
tolerance in face detection added
fix message file paths
build rundoxygen/runepydoc scripts on the fly based on platform dependant locations of these utilities
define epydoc PYTHONPATH setting
define locations of doxygen/epydoc executables
change scons files to match new esys_options based format
add remainder of includes to SConscript includes install
change includes to use PasoUtil.h, and add remainder of includes to SConscript include install
move Util -> PasoUtil to prevent clash with finley/Util
add mechanism to install .h files to inc directories (still need to specify full lists of .h files to install)
rationalise #includes and forward declarations
a few more benchmarks added
rationalise #includes
rationalise #includes
fix #include
rationalise #includes
restructure escript source tree move src/Data/* -> src remove inc modify #includes and cpppath settings accordingly
make adjustments to allow for new source tree structure
rationalise all #includes
reorganise finley src tree to remove inc dir and src/finley directory
test commit - minor comment changes
remove paul from list of autotest mailout recipients
reorganised esysUtils to remove inc directory
adjustments to includes to allow for new paso src tree structure
remove redundant inc dir from paso src tree
reorganise bruce source tree: move all from src/Bruce -> src remove inc adjust all #includes appropriately
typo fixed: the anisotropic problems are returneing the correct answer now.
now run autotest script with debug compiles switched off
traceback added
systems benchmarks run now
some mopre problems added
some mopre problems added
None options are excepted now. makes life a bit easier
fix installation to directories specified by pyinstall and libinstall
minor formatting changes
minor comment and formatting changes
replace libdir default settings - SConstruct was broken without them
reset the solver
iter_max increased
failing rin is catched now.
remove old make based build system
finley source directories now merged into one directory: src/finley
small typy fixed
a simple linear elastic solver
typo fixed
obsolet GradTest removed
required modifications to get the tests going
L2 function added
kronecker (and relatives) take now a FunctionSpace as argument and return a Data object in tthis functionspace
and finally test for the divergence operator added. div() has been modified to take Symbol arguments
tests for normals at boundary and contact region added
tests for interpolation added
test for the grad fucntion added
comprehensive testing for integrate function added. tests for grad will be added in the next check in. GradTest is obsolete now.
bug fixed in integrate method. don;t use a[i,j]=.. to set a value in the numeric::array a but a[make_tuple(i,j)].
minor change
prints out the benchmark been started
new function inverse and tests added
some fixes for openmp
new implementation of ILU0
ILU has been replicated is called RILU (recursive ILU) now. ILU will now be reimplemented.
new implementation and testing for trace function
interplotared is changed from method to function call
typo fixed
some commends added
The sparse solver can be called by paso now. the building has been change to reduce some code redundancy: now all scons SCscripts are importing scons/esys_options.py which imports platform specific settings.
some minor changes
some modifications in visualization to get equidistant output
Implemented plotting of escript Data objects. This only works with the vtk renderer module at this stage.
Updated to current version of .todo file.
Updated to current state of .todo file.
Initial import to repository. This is the vtk-specific code for the arrow plot example.
Initial import to repository. This is the script that runs all the escript example scripts.
Initial import to repository. These are the example scripts specific for escript Data object testing.
changes in Paso have been worked in
a better way of representing the matrix format type is introduced. this is needed for the Paradiso and UMFPACK interface
bug in CPP substitute fixed.
inner returns right functionspace now
nicer wahy of representing the natrix format is introduced
SCSL interface has moved
bug fixed
bug fixed
Added a check to make sure the vtk file exists.
bug fixed
bug fixed
small bug fixed
direct solver works for symmetry flag now
solver method is now selcted by matrix format
cut of for small values
some new models added
Some chnages required for oder numarray versions. mai problem is that operations on array objects with rank 0 sometimes return float rather than arrays. This problem seems to be fixed in newer releases.
frame to run a single test out of the test_util suite
file reader added
typo fixed
tests for clip, maximum, minimum added
test is splitted to reduce memory demand during compilation
symmetric matrix in SCSL switched off
set number of threads works now
Utils added for compilation
intreface for setting the number of threads from python
os.loginname does not work under pbs. the exception is caught now
Laplace benchmarks added
laplace benchmarks added
scale allows now to switch on and off certain problems
the number of problems to run is now the less or equal then len(scale) and less or equal number of problems. This allows easier control
filerrs added
finleybench is build now
Finley options added plus some other stuff
run finley benchmark
first version of a finley benchmark suite for test the paso solver
the documenation build does not work at all except on our altix. has been switcehed of for now
a filetr added
clip added
add a few more escript python tests to the list executed
removed redundant test
fix method names to match new scheme
fix names of log/ln functions to match new scheme
modified number of data points in mesh to allow testing with Bruce Function objects
explicitly initialise integer members to zero
Added ability to specify the compression pattern at the command line.
Updated to allow for building of API documentation.
Building of API documentation now works. Both epydoc- and doxygen-generated docs are built.
and a bit more on version detection
include file for python is now detected
formatting changes
formatting changes
a simple environment to run benchmarks (mainly for testing solvers)
moved to scons based autotest now
removed unit-test runner scripts as unit-tests now run from scons
autotest script now runs unit tests via scons
add target to run all unit tests, the build will fail for this target if any unit test fails
runUnitTest now returns an error code if the test fails
Updated link to epydoc generated documentation on the web site.
add explicit target to run unit tests
add scons line to build unit-tests
add explicit target for building of unit tests
Fixed paths for new running of docs autobuild.
bug fixed (thanks to Estelle)
turns out Install() targets should also be made Default() targets if you want them to actually reliably work!
time integration manger added
test for time integration manger added
bug fixed
advection diffusion class added
fix mail recipients list
fix setting of working directory
advection diffusion class added
now report name of python tests scripts which fail
create build directory structure for documentation
minor formatting fix
some fixes to make the test to run for older numarray versions
pass in pyinstall value from top-level scons script and add correct suffix in module level scons scipr
add extra tests to list of python tests to run keep going with tests even once one test fails
removed links which are now managed by svn
Initial merge of pyvisi into esys repository.
add esysUtils unit tests
script to run esysUtils unit tests
use socket.gethostname() to get host name
fix list of mail recipients
rough script to run autotest using scons build system
fixing the problem that older versions of numarray don't have a sign method
start to remove slicing opertions
make them run again
Fixed bug with not getting the movie parameter correctly. Also no longer cleaning up the movie files if the movie generation failed.
now determine hostname via socket.gethostname() as HOSTNAME environment variable is apparently not set on all platforms
add symlinks to include files - previously added by hand as cvs couldn't handle them
whereZero methods changed to functions
add modelframe.py to list of python modules to install
rough python test running code added
unit tests now run ok
temporary unit tests scripts
draft autotest script using the scons build system
add Lutz's new tests for finley and bruce to list of python tests run by ./mk py_test
fix this test
change method calls to match new names for Data methods
rename method calls to match new Data boost interface names
and a bit more tests
reimplementation of maxval,minval and length. small bug in generalTensorProduct fixed
remove references to ln and length methods which have been removed from class Data
don't automatically run bruce unit tests on build for now
now load default options - by default!
build unit tests from main scons file now
add dependency between unit test and library
changes in util.py worked in
is now in modellib
runs again
runs again
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runs again
bruce tests cases are now automatically run whenever they are rebuilt
test passes now
test for symbol.py on bruce
test of symbols.py with python
complete test set for generalTensorProduct and friends added.
just my private test generator
some minor bugs in util.py fixed.
new test for util.py on bruce
now automatically build unit tests as required based on dependencies between unit tests and libraries
more tests added
length method is removed as it is too slow. use length in util.py instead
length method is removed as it is too slow. use length in util.py instead
test are passed now
some stuff
Fixed XML duplication in output bug.
Fixed import problem
Using the tsunami initial amplitude to determine the wave height mapper scalar range.
links to esys shared libraries
__init__.py file for the esys python modules
explicitly define dependencies between modules
Replaced wave grid creation code to load wave grid from file.
remove -ftz flag from linker flags - has no effect anyway
fix list of targets
cast to float added. this avoids problems with very small values
cast to float added. this avoids problems with very small coodinates.
cast to float added. this avoids problems with very small values
Fixed imports
Fixed typos and import problems
setup scons configuration to make and install python code
fixed typo in options string
Added handling for NoneType
Minor bugfix - should now actually run simulations
Removing image files after generation of movie.
Added visualisation of bathymmetry data, the coastline and the wave height data as per earlier tsunami movies. Also autogenerates the .params file for ppmtompeg and generates the movie automatically.
tsunami added
runmodel added
small fix
some minor fixes
add options file for the prism (not tested yet)
fixed specification of solver libs
fixed specification of solver libs
pass in solver libraries to link with via options files now
another alternative options file
missed this one
pass in platform specific libraries via options files now
problems with coordinate axis fixed
initial checkin
fix compiler options to enable compilation on gcc platforms
add top level scons config files to allow building of all unit tests for each module at once
initial checkin
allow compile options to be loaded from a config file specified on the command line to scons
added some comments and reasonable default values
fixed an accidental commit which broke this script
add a default options file - basis for other custom options files
draft toplevel unit test scons script for bruce unit tests
if usegcc=1 is set on command line, load compiler options fropm scons/gcc_options.py
read names of python and boost libraries from config file now
fix quoting of library names
first draft of options file for gcc platforms
add names of python and boost libraries to config file
change scons config files for escript unit tests to read compiler options from option file now
now read compile options from options file
now load compile options from options file
import compile options into bruce unit test builds from options file now
pass in correct options to archiver for static libraries
implement switching of debug compiler options based on command line flag 'debug'
pass in cc/cxx settings from config file
import sys
first pass at importing compile options from an external file'
added directory and first draft file to hold options settings for different configurations (debug/nodebug, host, etc)
collect all information needed to determine build configuration (ie: debug/nodebug, host, platform etc)
fixed permissions on these files
remove MeshAdapter test for now - will only work with scons build system
fix settings to account for new finley source tree structure
revised scons files to account for new finley source tree structure
adjust include file names to allow for new finley source tree structure
scons builds will now take place in parallel "finley" src dir
copy finleyC and CPPAdapter to finley and finley/CPPAdapter to facilitate scons builds
pass in static archiver flags
fix uninstall target to also clean up static libraries (eg: paso)
first draft of scons construct file for esysUtils unit tests
first draft scons construct files for remaining escript unit tests
first draft of scons construct file for BruceFactory unit tests
add draft SConstruct file for Bruce unit_tests
pass in top level install directory for finley/escript/bruce/paso libraries when building via top level scons script
push platform dependent compiler flags and include directories up to library level scons files - these will eventually be brought in from external config files
pass in value for esysroot and use this to determine include file locations
add top level SConstruct file to enable coordinated building of all esys libraries
explicitly add -fpic option to all compiler options lists to ensure relocatable code is generated
added first draft of scons construct/config scripts for paso library
Remove unnecessary unary +'s from the numarray.array's because this is broken in some versions of numarray.
can now build finleyC/finleycpp concurrently
first draft of config/construct files for finleyC/finleycpp libraries
first draft of config/construct scripts for escript library
first draft of scons config scripts for esysUtils library
first draft of scons config/construct scripts for mmio library
first draft of scons config/construct files for CppUnitTest library
reformatted list of source files
first draft of scons config/construct files to build brucecpp.so library
definitely the last test commit!
possibly the last test commit
test commit message
test commit
test commit
test commit
test commit
test commit
test commit
test commit
a test commit to svn
a test commit to svn of mk
remove unreliable finley tests for sake of autotest script
convert autotest script to use svn repository
modifying to use the svn repository
fixed a broken constructor - simply didn't work
Added a more comprehensive data equivalence test based on X coordinates.
Added finley and bruce rectangle and brick Data archive tests.
initial checkin
move all directories from trunk/esys2 into trunk and remove esys2
Merge of development branch dev-02 back to main trunk on 2005-11-07
Merge of development branch dev-02 back to main trunk on 2005-10-25
DataConstantTestCase.cpp, DataExpandedTestCase.cpp: Replace DataExpanded testData1(FunctionSpace(),....) with FunctionSpace tmp_fns; DataExpanded testData1(tmp_fns,shape,data); for GCC's sake. Added some profiling to PoissonSolverTest.py.
Merge of development branch dev-02 back to main trunk on 2005-09-22
Merge of development branch dev-02 back to main trunk on 2005-09-15
Merge of development branch dev-02 back to main trunk on 2005-09-01
Merge of development branch dev-02 back to main trunk on 2005-08-23
erge of development branch dev-02 back to main trunk on 2005-08-12
First merge of development branch dev-02 back to main trunk on 2005-07-29
don't build modellib by default
moved form old modellib directory
moved these files to modellib directory
Merge of development branch back to main trunk on 2005-07-25
fixed to work with new python source/install directory structure
add __init__.pyc to install list
python init file for finley module
fix linking to escript/finley libraries from esys python directories
removed all references to modellib module
added modellib module
makefile for modellib module
added modellib/lib/py_src
removing escript/lib/py_src/modellib
.keep file for modellib/lib
removed default setting of L_PYTH_DIR, this must now be set on a module by module basis in the respective module makefile
restructured python install directory
removed references to modellib
removed modellib code from escript source directory
moved modellib code to esys2/modellib/py_src
Merge of development branch back to main trunk on 2005-07-22
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added ln(data) style wrapper for data.ln() - also added corresponding implementation of Ln_Symbol class (not sure if this is right though)
Merge of development branch back to main trunk on 2005-07-08
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Nobody thought twice when Sean plugged a meager five-point word onto the Scrabble board at the campsite in Hueco Tanks. He was, after all, losing by o...
Nobody thought twice when Sean plugged a meager five-point word onto the Scrabble board at the campsite in Hueco Tanks. He was, after all, losing by over 50 points.
It wasn't until the next round that Sean's opponents realized they have been outsmarted. Sean had sacrificed his previous turn to set up the use of the triple-letter tile. Placing his eight-point "J" on the board, he scored 55 points and won the game.
Never underestimate a guy who hates losing. There is a reason that friends and coaches such as Jamie Chong and Mike Doyle have called Sean McColl "the most competitive person" they know, realizing that the desire to win can create greatness.
Age 21 and from North Vancouver, British Columbia, McColl was 10 the year he started climbing, the same year he was classified as "gifted" through the Canadian School Board. He skipped second and fourth grades in piano school, and over 10 years achieved the level of Grade 10, after which a student may test to teach or compete, in classical piano at the Royal Conservatory. He stopped playing piano four years ago to spend more time climbing and traveling. By 12 he had climbed his first 5.14 (one of the youngest peop;e ever to achieve the grade), Pulse (5.14a), Cheakamus Canyon. McColl has flashed V12 and crimped out V13 in less time than it takes to eat a bowl of cereal. He flashed the 5.14b Thanatopsis, at the Red River Gorge, Kentucky (reportedly one of only five athletes to have flashed the grade at that time) and has made rapid ascents of 5.14c, but his most notable achievements are on plastic. He is a three-time Junior World Champion, and current North American Sport Climbing Champion. Last year, he made a World Cup podium with a third place at Imst, Austria, and was sixth and seventh in Belgium and Switzerland. During the recent trip to Hueco, he also established the stellar problem Sunny Side Up (V12).
An intense character, Sean is serious and straightforward until asked about a video game session. That makes him laugh.
"Oh, yeah. One time my best friend and I played from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m., non stop, to finish Zelda. I drank two liters of Coca-Cola."
This spring Sean packed his bags for France, to meet his girlfriend, Mathilde Couchot, pick up his car and drive eastbound toward his first World Cup of 2009. At the time this article comes out, he will have just begun a season intended to span six World Cups and two other international events. (All results available on http://www.ifsc-climbing.org.) He claims to feel stronger than ever, but he will face one of the most competitive fields to date. Can Sean come from behind, rise up through the jumble of tiles and hit the triple-letter score with a J?
You've been playing
piano for 14 years. What
made you stick to it?
Nobody really enjoys practicing, but as I got older I started to appreciate the beauty of the music. Also, I think it's neat to have hidden talents. I enjoy surprising people when I bust out some Beethoven in hotel lobbies.
Did you have a crush on
your music teacher? Is that
what kept you coming back?
[Laughs]. No, my teacher was 70 years old.
Have you ever performed
in front of an audience?
Not really, mostly just small gatherings. But recently I was on a cruise with my family, and they hosted a talent show, so I played a sonata in front of a thousand people. They seemed to really enjoy it. I'd say it was an eight out of 10 performance.
Does performing
make you nervous?
I'm actually boosted by a crowd. I find I perform better – I think it's why I love comps. Well, that and because I really love to win. I would love to win a World Cup this summer.
Does your family encourage
your love for comps and
the schedule behind it?
They've backed me 100 percent since the beginning. My whole family climbs – my mom, dad and my brother Jason. In the past my mother would travel with the team to keep an eye on me. One time when I was 14 I went to Junior Worlds by myself, and [the coach] Mike Doyle walked into my room to find Coke and candy bar wrappers all over the floor. My clothes were all dirty and I slept in until 12. I probably would have climbed better if my parents were there.
What are your weaknesses?
In climbing, it's narrow pinches. Maybe it's the way my hand is built, but if I have to squeeze something less than two or three inches, I always crux out and usually have to find another way to do it. On the flip side, if it's a wide pinch, I'm usually really solid. It's one of my strengths.
In life, I'd say it was my people skills. But that's changed a lot in the last few years. Some of my friends told me they thought I was an asshole when we first met, but I'm just really shy. I'm getting much better at opening up and expressing interest in other people.
What is your dream climb?
That's a hard question. I'm not really into having a project. I like doing things really fast and sort of unexpectedly. I really wanted to do Slashface (V14) this year in Hueco and I got discouraged quickly by how hard it felt. It's a beautiful line, but somewhere along the way I formed expectations and they weren't met, so I lost interest.
On a scale of 1 to 10,
how competitive are you?
Honestly, I'd say about a 9, maybe 9.5. I really love to win, but it's not funny when you beat your 6-year-old cousin all the time in video games. There's a line, and I think I know where it is.


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Jan. 7, 2013 — Problems in thinking skills and depression may be more common in former National Football League players compared with other people as they age, according to a new study.
The research suggests the problems may be linked with a history of concussions.
"It's clear that concussions can pose an increased risk of developing cognitive problems and mood problems later in life," says researcher John Hart Jr., MD, medical science director at the Center for Brain Health and director of the Brain Health Institute for Athletes at the University of Texas at Dallas.
However, he says, many players in his small study of 34 former NFL players had no such problems, despite a history of concussion. He can't explain which people might be most vulnerable.
"Half the players we studied had nothing wrong whatsoever," Hart says, "and they had a bunch of concussions."
A concussion is a brain injury that can change a person's behavior, thinking, or functioning for a period of time. In contact sports such as football, it's usually caused by a forceful blow.
Thousands of former NFL players are suing the league, accusing it of concealing information that links football-related injuries to brain damage over the long-term.
Previous studies have also found a link (but not cause and effect) between head trauma in retired football players and thinking and memory problems later.
Guidelines about how to handle concussions in players are now in place for pro, collegiate, and high school athletics.
Aging Football Players & Health Status
Hart and his team studied 34 former NFL players, on average age 62. They self-reported concussions. (All but two had a history of concussions.) On average, they reported four.
Hart's team gave the players neurological and neuropsychological assessments. Twenty-six players also had neurological imaging tests.
These images were compared with images in 26 healthy men from a comparison group matched for age and other features.
Of the 34 former players, Hart found 20 had normal mental skills. Eight of the 34 had depression. Most had not been treated for depression or been diagnosed with it previously.
That rate of depression is about double that expected in the general population of the same age, the researchers say.
Fourteen players had either a mild problem with thinking skills or full-blown dementia.
Those with thinking problems had trouble with findings words. They had memory problems and trouble with naming things.
They also had disruptions in the white matter of the brain, Hart found. He says it is the first time such a link has been found.
This white matter is crucial to allowing information to travel between brain cells.
Hart also found blood flow differences to brain regions linked with skills such as memory or finding words in those who had thinking problems.
Aging Football Players & Brain Health: Explaining
Hart says he can only speculate as to why some players appear more vulnerable to problems with depression and cognitive skills.
It may have to do with the type of concussion, he says. "I don't think there is one clear kind of head injury that leads to problems."
The health problems later may be linked, he speculates, not only to the concussions but also to the continual and repeated shaking of the head that happens during play.
"I think genetics probably can play a complicated but important role," Hart says.
Football Players & Brain Health: Perspective
Eventually, the finding about disruptions in the brain's white matter may help experts measure the effects of concussions, says Daniel Perl, MD, professor of pathology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md.
He co-wrote an editorial to accompany the study.
The findings reflect a need for more research, Perl says. "This paper is describing abnormalities in the white matter," he says. "The nature is unclear. We need to know what they are on a cellular level."
While the study focused only on former NFL players, Perl writes that it is possible the problems later on in life "are not limited to professional football players but may also occur in amateur collegiate athletes and even adolescent and younger players."
"I think we have to be concerned about concussions in anyone," he says, "and we have to be even more concerned about repeated concussions in anyone. These are not trivial events and require proper evaluation and concern."
The study was supported by the Brain Health Institute for Athletes and a grant from the National Institute on Aging.
It is published online in JAMA Neurology.